Published 25 days ago

Man's digital identity trashed and bank account drained after fraudsters steal phone number

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Andrew Ryder's rainy-day bank account was drained in just one day. It happened via phone porting and SIM-swap fraud, but the veteran has no idea how scammers had his data in the first place.

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Optus customer loses $10,000, digital identity in phone porting, SIM-swap scam

Andrew Ryder's rainy-day bank account was drained in just one day. It happened via phone porting and SIM-swap fraud, but the veteran has no idea how scammers had his data in the first place.

25 days ago·Australia

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